Telegram-herald., 1887-11-27
A LIFE or ADVENTURE.


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ISsut Msn6e A. Harris. q nesed SALIVA
reR Army star is ~ lke barracks here.
says Portland As, letter. she Is noted
personase. Asd IN aeF tine has played
may p2rts. aEc played them well She
was given 10 Adsn forepas~h. sr.. when
rSl quite yeATS old. aGo n&s ~ once pus
IA tfslning Tor tle circus business.
IAe story She tells OF tAe sureFiags Of
these early days Is RIOS, pathetic Child as
sac was. she Mas unable 10 Gake friends
SstA The circus people. eut siae cultivated
lie acquaintance OF the dumb beaSlS
While size scarcely recalls kind word
spoken 10 her bY any one Of her numerous
masters. she remembers how the great els.
phanl Iook her lnio his confidence AID sf.
lection. lie would pat his trunk around
her and in many weys make her under
Stand that she had one friend
When trained she Was brought before
the public as Carrie Brown. the champion
juvenile bareback rider Of tie world. and
before she had seen 10 years had crossed
the Atlantic twice and had appeared IA az
most every city Of note IA the United States.
she has since crossed The Atlantic LIly
times.
Weary Of the life she was leading. the
child rider resolved - make al effort 10
escape. and after al evening performance
a Philadelphia made Ler way out under
the tent AID. clad oaly la the dress OF the
Stage. escaped. aud wAs leaving Tenth
street for ~ aiEli whea SIZE almost dashed
iato tie arms Of EdWiu Forrest The gTe4l
actor caught her snd held Aer fast. Don't
take NE back, don't t4Ae me back ~ shs
exclaimed.
Mr. Forrest took her 10 his hotel, gave
her food aud heard her story. aud resolved
10 Stand by her. he lock up her case and
recovered g. 100 IGom Tie company tor
her pas, services AcT die the kindness Of
Sir. Forrest stop with that. lie TOOK the
girl into has own company and gave her =
good start in life.
She remained with Forests company
FOR i've years, AM was then engaged fer
six months by John L. Davenport. after
which SIZE was member OF Edwin Booth :
company for two years. Then SIC went
with Mary Anderson 10 Europe
She Is fond Of telling OF the great Mary,
| for whose conversion she constantly prsys.
| After leaving her last company she said
| good-by 10 the stage forever.
She was neXt offered an engagement by
| the manager OF ''mixe1 base bali club.
| composed, as the term indicates. Of both
men and women.
After earning 5000 that way. Miss Har-
| ris turned her attention 10 stiil another
| line. and went Ia as competitor ia d row.
| ing contest and won the championship.
| The Patapsco River at Baltimore was tie
scene Of her last triumph in this line
Why not turn jockey riderY' some one
suggested, aud she caught al the idea, and
rode in many race. her partner being
Jennie Campbell. She was then but -.
and threw money away in showers D
| This was the time hen she might lave
made fortune, n e. with Jennie Camp
bell, had the field slerseIf
She left the business poor and soon had
| O long sickness of many months, during
which she first heard the Bible read. Soon
| after she recovered she was led by curl
| osiiy to go TO a Salvation army meeting.
conducted by Capt Mary Lloyd, and WAS
| converted. Up 10 that night she had never
attended a religious service Of any descrip-
| ton.
Her life has been filed with STRANGE ad-
| ventures and narrow escape Her limbs
have been frequently broken. and the sight
of one eye destroyed. She was once ship
wrecked, when the ship on which lac
| Kate Claxton company had embarked
| tOOA nIc. bcA SaNSu ~ Pass"'S sui
Miss Harris had been chnging 10 spar
for one night and almost one day.
Lieut. Harris comes TO New England tS
raise funds for the Rescue Home OF Fallen
Girls. established in New Yo'k by Com
missioner Smith. She is greatly d'7otec
10 her work and 20 the army, and speaks
with great force and vigor
After earning and throwing ava,
thousands Of dollars, Lieut. Harris i
working for s. week-if she gets it,
and boards herself out OF thai. is the way
Salvstionist puts H. When questioned
in regard to her strangely eveniful iif,
she is ready to respond. but always closes
by saying. 'One day with the Lord II
better than al.